Management Board

The Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) Management Board provides a venue for the larger partnership to have input on the overall direction of the joint venture and approve funding for conservation projects. Members also serve as ambassadors for their organizations and other public, private and political leaders. The Management Board meets twice each year in January and June.

Some members of the Management Board also serve on PLJV's Board of Directors, which provides oversight of the non-profit organization (noted below with an *).

Eric Banks
Kansas State Conservationist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Ruben Cantu, Chairman*
Regional Director
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Steve Conrady*
Northwest Region Supervisor
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

Eileen Dey*
Regulatory Manager
ConocoPhillips

Jim Douglas*
Deputy Director
Nebraska Game & Parks Commission

Matt Hogan
Assistant Regional Director
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prairie Region

Brandon Houck, Secretary*
Regional Wildlife Biologist
National Wild Turkey Federation

Scott Manley, Treasurer*
Director of Conservation Programs
Ducks Unlimited

Gary Mowad
Texas State Administrator for Ecological Services
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Southwest Region

Leon Redman*
Southeast Area Operations Division Chief
New Mexico Department of Game & Fish

Steve Riley*
Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist Manager
Pheasants Forever / Quail Forever

Keith Sexson*
Assistant Secretary
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism

Dan Snodgrass*
Associate Director of Land Conservation
The Nature Conservancy

Jeff Ver Steeg*
Assistant Director, Wildlife Programs
Colorado Parks & Wildlife

Tammy VerCauteren*
Executive Director
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

Rod Winkler
Director of Conservation Programs
USDA Farm Service Agency

Melanie Woolever
Wildlife Program Manager
U.S. Forest Service